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Epigenetic Science Reveals Potential Method for Stopping Malaria’s Resistance to Medications

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/epigenetic-science-reveals-potential-method-for-stopping-malarias-resistance-to-medications/

The dismantling of #USAID is a Global #Disaster

- Food #aid for 1 million Ethiopians - gone.
- Medical care for malnourished Kenyans - gone.
- #Malaria eradication in Senegal - gone.
- Water supply in Burkina Faso - gone.
- Aid for #disabled people in Vietnam - gone.
- Hospitals for 100,000 Myanmar #refugees - gone.
- #AIDS treatment saving 25M lives - gone.
- Independent #media funding in #Russia & #Ukraine - gone.

Russia and #China move in. The world pays the price.

https://moscowmigrant.com/posts/to-ukraine-the-whip-to-russia-the-gingerbread/#whats-left-of-usaid

Malthus would be proud

Source: @AssociatedPress

From the article: "The Washington-based Malaria No More says new modeling shows that just a year of disruption in the malaria-control supply chain would lead to nearly 15 million additional cases and 107,000 additional deaths globally. It has urged the Trump administration to “restart these life-saving programs before outbreaks get out of hand.”"

#Malaria #Africa #Virus #Healthcare #MedicalResearch #Science #Vaccines
#USAID #USPolitics #ThePoliticsOfHate #ThePoliticsOfGreed #Discrimination #Racism
#MalthusWouldBeProud

https://apnews.com/article/usaid-cuts-africa-malaria-health-trump-22252b138d6eeaa143cc892731aec227

#USAID memo details impact of its dismantling:

up to 18 million additional cases of #malaria per year, and as many as 166,000 additional deaths;

200,000 children paralyzed with #polio annually, and hundreds of millions of infections;

one million children not treated for severe acute #malnutrition which is often fatal, each year;

more than 28,000 new cases of such infectious diseases as #ebola and Marburg every year.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/03/health/usaid-memo.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

@drericding on X wrote:

The mystery illness in the #Congo… has killed over 60 people… but it’s not #Ebola or #Marburg viruses. It’s something else. Half the samples are positive for #Malaria (endemic in the Congo), but they don’t think this is malaria. Some think it’s a new virus.

https://afro.who.int/countries/democratic-republic-of-congo/news/democratic-republic-congo-deepens-investigation-cluster-illness-and-community-deaths-equateur

"The projects terminated include H.I.V. treatment programs that had served millions of people, the main malaria control programs in the worst-affected African countries and global efforts to wipe out polio.

Here are some of the projects that The New York Times has confirmed have been canceled."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/health/usaid-contract-terminations.html

State Dept's life-saving program part of the Trump to cut more than 10,000 #foreign #aid contracts. The new cutbacks, which have devastated the aid sector, include parts of #USAID largest contract, $9.5B global #health supply chain initiative. #Chemonics, the company implementing the initiative. Other contracts for #tuberculosis, #malaria, #HIV treatment have been canceled, and over 1,000 emergency #food kitchens in famine-stricken Sudan have been forced to shut down. #publichealth #government

#Malariakeeps on killing.
Up to half a million people every year. Existing #vaccinations are not very effective.

SNSF-funded researchers are now developing a #livevaccine that may knock out the pathogen.

For more info : https://sohub.io/58sr

#Malariatötet immer weiter.
Jährlich bis zu einer halben Million Menschen.
Bisherige #Impfungen sind wenig wirksam.
Vom SNF unterstützte Forschende entwickeln jetzt einen #Lebendimpfstoff, der den Erreger vielleicht k.o. schlägt
https://sohub.io/6kwf

Make Polio Great Again!!!!

U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/health/usaid-contract-terminations.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0E4.MuCt.9hGUQZ9l81ZH&smid=url-share

If you were hoping to get resources on #malaria, unfortunately, PMI.gov is offline now:

Scientists are developing a "toxic male technique" to control disease-carrying insects and agricultural pests. Genetically engineered male insects would produce venomous semen, killing females after they mate. Bill Sullivan, Indiana University #malaria #biocontrol https://theconversation.com/making-sex-deadly-for-insects-could-control-pests-that-carry-disease-and-harm-crops-248723

Cambodia is stepping up a "last mile" push to wipe out malaria, focusing on hard-to-reach communities in remote, forested or mountainous areas. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/14/asia-pacific/science-health/cambodia-khmer-rouge-malaria/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #sciencehealth #cambodia #southeastasia #malaria

Congo's recent deadly outbreak of a mysterious "Disease X" was in fact caused by malaria, a treatable illness. Access must be at the core of drug development to prevent cases like this. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/02/13/world/treating-preventable-disease-access/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #health #healthcare #medicine #pharmaceuticals #innovation #biotechnology #malaria #covid19vaccines

One should never believe a press release, but if you believe this press release there may be some really good news in the future. Even if this has no mention of costs or prices of any kind

From: @bruces
https://mastodon.social/@bruces/113997133308006994

We are in an arms race with #malaria: we develop new drugs but the parasite finds resistance mutations. This study shows which parasite genes are essential i.e. difficult to mutate. This can help to identify better drug/vaccine targets. https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.adq6241?af=R

The sudden freezing of U.S. aid to malaria projects comes as deadly new variants are spreading in Africa and could have a devastating impact, the head of a major NGO has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/06/world/science-health/us-aid-cut-malaria-control-danger/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #us #aid #medicine #malaria